Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 14373430, compound

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A mixture of 12.15 g (0.03 mol) of product of Step A in 50 ml of toluene was refluxed using a Dean-Stark trap for 1 hour. The resulting clear solution was cooled to room temperature and 50 ml of anhydrous THF were added. To this solution 6.4 g (6.3 ml, 0.06 mol) of isobutyryl chloride was added and stirred for 18 hours. Crude was poured into 3.7% HCl, extracted with EtOAc, the EtOAc layer was washed again with 3.7% HCl and saturated NaCl. Organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and removed in vacuo affording 12.3 g of crude dimethyl 2-(isobutyryl)-3-oxo-1,5-pentanedioate. The crude was purified by HPLC using 10% EtOAc/cyclohexane as eluting solvent affording 8.87 g (61%) of this intermediate as a light yellow oil; nD25 1.4783.

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